Sammy Salvo – Salvatore Anthony “Sammy” Anselmo was born in Birmingham on May 18, 1933. He started out in his teens singing country music songs. After serving 2 years in the army, Sammy met Joe Rumore and recorded some commercials for Joe. In 1957, he recorded two songs he had written in Joe’s basement studio. […]
Bio Pending Take Time To Know Her – Percy Sledge
Ken was a long-time DJ from Birmingham, AL. He began his long career in 1958 at WYDE at the age of 18 under the name, Ken Keene. He remained there for several years, but, in the 60s, would become the station manager for Tommy Charles at his new station, WAQY. In the 70s, Ken moved […]
Don’t forget to keep checking ARCA’s facebook page for various music news and ARCA events. We also now have a facebook page for the Record and CD Show. Go to www.facebook.com/arcarecordandcdshow, or, if already logged on, simply type ARCA Record and CD Show in the search window. This will let you now current happenings concerning […]
Alabama native, Pat Upton, started singing at a young age with his brothers in a gospel group. After high school. Pat enlisted in the Air Force. While serving, he helped formed a rock band called the Fydallions in Sacramento, CA, originally an instrumental group. After his discharge for the Service, other members joined the band. […]
[Information from Travis’ website] Travis was born in Walnut, Mississippi. He began his professional music career when he wrote and recorded his first record at the tender age of eleven, and also became the youngest member ever voted into the musician’s union. After moving to Memphis, Tennesse, the young guitarist made his mark on the […]
If you’re thinking, wait a minute, Sheb Wooley is a western TV and movie star, you would be right. However, no one can make it thru a Halloween season without hearing, “Purple People Eater” at least once. Shelby Francis Wooley was born in 1921 in Erick Oklahoma. Growing up on a farm, Sheb learned to […]
There is no business meeting in December. Instead we’ll be gathering for food, fun and fellowship at our annual Christmas party on December 10th. Specific details are in your ARCA newsletter. We hope to see everyone there!
Our next meeting is November 20th. We gather at 2 pm for refreshments and music conversation. The business meeting is at 3 p.m. Jubal John will be at our meeting (Homewood library, room 107) to share his new album with us. Drop by and meet him and us. We would love to see you!
ARCA member Jubal “John” Dalzell is releasing his debut album “Mr Right Now” today. It is being released on all formats including cd and vinyl. It’s available at local independent record stores, online at Cdbaby, Itunes, Amazon, Spotify, Pandora, Youtube etc. It took about 2 and a half years to make and was recorded right […]
